1. حلمت أنك قد أصبحت معتزلا

    مثلي ولكن بحق كعب أحبار

    I dreamed that you had become a recluse,

    Like me, yet truly a Ka'b al-Ahbar.

  2. هنا تحدث عن دين عناكبنا

    كما يحدث عنه الجدول الجاري

    Here, speak of our spiders' faith,

    As the flowing brook speaks of it,

  3. ومارح الطير غريدا ومستمعا

    وواثب العطر من حانوت عطار

    And the frolicking birds, singing and listening,

    And fragrance leaping from a perfumer's shop,

  4. ورهبة الريف في نبت وفي حجر

    كمعبد مستقر منذ أدهار

    And the countryside's awe, in plant and stone,

    Like a temple standing firm for ages.

  5. كأنما كل ركن فيه صومعة

    رفت أناجيلها ما بين أشجار

    As though every corner within it were a hermitage,

    Its Gospels fluttered among trees,

  6. ملء الأشعة أو ظل لها نضر

    وفي تبسم أنداء وأزهار

    Filling the rays, or their verdant shade,

    And in the smiles of dewdrops and flowers,

  7. وفي هوى حشرات من تبرّجها

    كل المعاني لعشّاق وسمار

    And in insects' passion, stirred by the flowers' finery,

    Are all meanings for lovers and those who converse by night.

  8. هنا توحدت الأديان صادقة

    ولم توزع لأنجاس وأطهار

    Here the faiths have sincerely become one,

    And have not been apportioned to the impure and the pure.

  9. هنا المحبة كنز لا انتهاء له

    والفن يختال في لحن وأشعار

    Here love is a treasure without end,

    And art struts in melody and verse.

  10. هنا الورى كلهم إيمانهم عمم

    ولا تفرقهم أهواء فجار

    Here all beings have an all-embracing faith,

    Nor do the whims of the wicked divide them.

  11. هنا الحياة حياة لا حدود لها

    وعزلتي هي تسبيحي وإيثاري

    Here life is a life without bounds,

    And my solitude is my hymn of praise and my selflessness.

  12. هنا وددتك في قربى تشاركني

    هذا الجمال زميلين بأسفار

    Here I wished you near, to share with me

    This beauty, as two companions on journeys.

  13. قد اعتنقنا الهدى لكن تصوفنا

    بزّ التصوف في آيات ذكرا

    We have indeed embraced guidance, but our mysticism

    Has surpassed mysticism in verses of remembrance,

  14. وفات أوهام من هاموا ومن زعموا

    أن الطبية خصّتهم بأسرار

    And outstripped the delusions of the enraptured and those who claimed

    That nature had favored them alone with secrets.

  15. فنحن أبناؤُها الأبرار أجمعنا

    لدى حماها وما هامت بمختار

    For we are her righteous children, all of us,

    Within her sanctuary; she has doted on no chosen one.

  16. وكل من جاءها أهل لنعمتها

    وكل من زارها كعب لأحبار

    And everyone who comes to her is worthy of her bounty,

    And everyone who visits her is a Ka'b among scholars.